Theo Ratliff

Theophilus Curtis Ratliff (born April 17, 1973), better known as Theo Ratliff, is an American former professional basketball player who last played with the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. Primarily a center, he was an excellent shot-blocker who has led the league three times in blocks per game. As of 2011, he is ranked 18th all-time in career blocks, and 13th all-time in career blocks per game.^[1]

NBA career

Ratliff, as a Portland Trail Blazers player, attempts a free throw in January 2006.

Ratliff was selected with the 18th pick of the 1995 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons, for whom he played for 2½ seasons. During the 1997–98 season he was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers. He played in Philadelphia for three seasons, and was voted Eastern Conference starting center of the 2001 All-Star Game, but was unable to play due to injury. He was a key fixture on the 2000–01 team that made it to the NBA finals, but an injured Ratliff was dealt at the trading deadline to the Atlanta Hawks for Dikembe Mutombo.

He missed most of the next season due to injury, but rebounded to post 262 blocks the next year with the Hawks. His best year as a pro was 2003–04, when he recorded a league-leading 307 blocked shots. During that season he was dealt to the Portland Trail Blazers, along with Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Dan Dickau, for Rasheed Wallace and Wesley Person.^[2] After the 2004 season, he signed a three-year contract extension with the Blazers but was not as effective in 2004–05 and lost his starting job to Joel Przybilla midway through the schedule.

In June 2006, the Boston Celtics acquired Ratliff along with Sebastian Telfair from the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for the No. 7 pick in the 2006 NBA Draft, power forward–center Raef LaFrentz, and point guard Dan Dickau.^[3]

In July 2007, he was traded along with Gerald Green, Ryan Gomes, Al Jefferson, Sebastian Telfair, and draft picks, to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Kevin Garnett.^[4] In February 2008 Ratliff was waived by the Timberwolves,^[5] and he rejoined the Detroit Pistons in March.^[6]

Ratliff returned to the Philadelphia 76ers for 2008-09 season.^[7] In the offseason he was signed by the San Antonio Spurs.^[8] In February 2010, he was traded to the Charlotte Bobcats for a projected 2nd round draft pick in 2016.^[9]

Ratliff was signed by the Los Angeles Lakers on July 22, 2010 to a 1-year deal.^[10]

In December 2011, Ratliff retired from basketball.^[11]

Personal life and business ventures

Ratliff played basketball at Demopolis High School in Demopolis, Alabama, and later graduated from the University of Wyoming.

He is also the owner of the Rome Gladiators.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1995–96	Detroit	75	2	17.4	.557	.000	.708	4.0	.2	.2	1.5	4.5
1996–97	Detroit	76	38	17.0	.531	.000	.698	3.4	.2	.4	1.5	5.8
1997–98	Detroit	24	12	24.4	.514	.000	.683	5.0	.6	.5	2.3	6.5
1997–98	Philadelphia	58	55	32.1	.512	.000	.706	7.3	.7	.7	3.5	11.2
1998–99	Philadelphia	50	50	32.5	.470	.000	.725	8.1	.6	.9	3.0	11.2
1999–00	Philadelphia	57	56	31.5	.503	.000	.771	7.6	.6	.6	3.0	11.9
2000–01	Philadelphia	50	50	36.0	.499	.000	.760	8.3	1.2	.6	3.7	12.4
2001–02	Atlanta	3	2	27.3	.500	.000	.545	5.3	.3	.3	2.7	8.7
2002–03	Atlanta	81	81	31.1	.464	.000	.720	7.5	.9	.7	3.2	8.7
2003–04	Atlanta	53	52	31.1	.458	.000	.653	7.2	1.0	.6	3.1	8.3
2003–04	Portland	32	31	31.8	.540	.000	.629	7.3	.6	.8	4.4	7.3
2004–05	Portland	63	45	27.5	.447	.000	.692	5.3	.5	.4	2.5	4.8
2005–06	Portland	55	19	23.7	.571	.000	.651	5.1	.5	.3	1.6	4.9
2006–07	Boston	2	2	22.0	.333	.000	.750	3.5	.0	.5	1.5	2.5
2007–08	Minnesota	10	6	21.4	.511	.000	.680	3.9	.7	.3	1.9	6.3
2007–08	Detroit	16	3	13.9	.450	.000	.667	3.1	.4	.3	1.1	3.0
2008–09	Philadelphia	46	0	12.6	.531	.000	.600	2.8	.2	.4	1.0	1.9
2009–10	San Antonio	21	3	8.7	.444	.000	.500	1.9	.4	.1	.9	1.6
2009–10	Charlotte	28	26	22.3	.466	.000	.783	4.2	.6	.3	1.5	5.1
2010–11	L.A. Lakers	10	0	7.0	.167	.000	.000	1.3	.3	.2	.5	.2
Career		810	533	25.5	.496	.000	.710	5.7	.6	.5	2.4	7.2

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1996	Detroit	1	0	4.0	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
1997	Detroit	3	0	6.0	.750	.000	.500	1.3	.3	.3	1.3	2.7
1999	Philadelphia	7	7	29.1	.465	.000	.579	7.3	.9	.7	2.6	7.3
2000	Philadelphia	10	10	37.4	.475	.000	.723	7.9	.9	1.0	3.0	13.0
2008	Detroit	12	0	10.9	.500	.000	.500	2.3	.1	.1	.9	1.3
2009	Philadelphia	6	0	15.7	.818	.000	.500	3.8	.0	.2	.7	3.3
2010	Charlotte	4	4	11.8	.375	.000	.500	.8	.3	.5	.0	1.8
2011	L.A. Lakers	1	0	1.0	.000	.000	.000	1.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Career		44	21	19.8	.497	.000	.643	4.3	.4	.5	1.5	5.3

Notes

↑ ESPN.com - All-Time Leaders-Blocks
↑ "Trail Blazers Acquire Two All-Stars From Atlanta". NBA.com. 2004-02-09. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
↑ "Celtics Acquire Telfair and Ratliff". NBA.com. 2006-06-28. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
↑ "Wolves Acquire Five Players and Picks for KG". NBA.com. 2007-07-30. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
↑ "Wolves Waive Theo Ratliff". NBA.com. 2008-02-29. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
↑ "Pistons Sign Center Theo Ratliff". NBA.com. 2008-03-04. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
↑ "Former All-Star Center Theo Ratliff Returns to Sixers". NBA.com. 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
↑ "Spurs Sign Theo Ratliff". NBA.com. 2009-07-25. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
↑ "Bobcats acquire Theo Ratliff from Spurs". NBA.com. 2010-02-18. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
↑ "LAKERS SIGN THEO RATLIFF". NBA.com. 2010-07-22. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
↑ Bob Hammond."Success story". Laramie Boomerang. January 18, 2012. Retrieved on January 21, 2012.

External links

v t e 1995 NBA Draft

First round	Joe Smith Antonio McDyess Jerry Stackhouse Rasheed Wallace Kevin Garnett Bryant Reeves Damon Stoudamire Shawn Respert Ed O'Bannon Kurt Thomas Gary Trent Cherokee Parks Corliss Williamson Eric Williams Brent Barry Alan Henderson Bob Sura Theo Ratliff Randolph Childress Jason Caffey Michael Finley George Zidek Travis Best Loren Meyer David Vaughn Sherell Ford Mario Bennett Greg Ostertag Cory Alexander

Second round	Lou Roe Dragan Tarlać Terrence Rencher Junior Burrough Andrew DeClercq Jimmy King Lawrence Moten Frankie King Rashard Griffith Donny Marshall Dwayne Whitfield Erik Meek Donnie Boyce Eric Snow Anthony Pelle Troy Brown George Banks Tyus Edney Mark Davis Jerome Allen Martin Lewis Dejan Bodiroga Fred Hoiberg Constantin Popa Eurelijus Žukauskas Michael McDonald Chris Carr Cuonzo Martin Don Reid

NBA season blocks leaders

1974: Smith
1975: Abdul-Jabbar
1976: Abdul-Jabbar
1977: Walton
1978: Johnson
1979: Abdul-Jabbar
1980: Abdul-Jabbar
1981: Johnson
1982: Johnson
1983: Rollins
1984: Eaton
1985: Eaton
1986: Bol
1987: Eaton
1988: Eaton
1989: Bol
1990: Olajuwon
1991: Olajuwon
1992: Robinson
1993: Olajuwon
1994: Mutombo
1995: Mutombo
1996: Mutombo
1997: Bradley
1998: Camby
1999: Mourning
2000: Mourning
2001: Ratliff
2002: Wallace
2003: Ratliff
2004: Ratliff
2005: Kirilenko
2006: Camby
2007: Camby
2008: Camby
2009: Howard
2010: Howard
2011: Bogut
2012: Ibaka
2013: Ibaka

NCAA Division I men's basketball season blocks leaders

1986: Robinson
1987: Robinson
1988: Blake
1989: Mourning
1990: Green
1991: Bradley
1992: O'Neal
1993: Ratliff
1994: Livingston
1995: Closs
1996: Closs
1997: Foyle
1998: J. James
1999: Williams
2000: Johnson
2001: Williams
2002: Myrda
2003: Okafor
2004: Ferguson
2005: Gai
2006: S. James
2007: Gladness
2008: Varnado
2009: Varnado
2010: Whiteside
2011: Mosley
2012: Davis
2013: Obekpa

Persondata
Name	Ratliff, Theo
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player
Date of birth	April 17, 1973
Place of birth	Demopolis, Alabama
Date of death
Place of death

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